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WebBlocker Categories
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WebBlocker Categories
The WebBlocker database contains 14 categories.
A Web site is added to a category only if the contents of the Web
site advocate the subject matter of the category. Web sites that pro-
vide opinion or educational material about the subject matter of the
category are not included. For example, the drugs/drug culture cate-
gory blocks sites describing how to grow and use marijuana but
does not block sites discussing the historical use of marijuana.
The categories are:
Alcohol/tobacco
Pictures or text advocating the sale, consumption, or production
of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products.
Illegal Gambling
Pictures or text advocating materials or activities of a dubious
nature that may be illegal in any or all jurisdictions, such as
illegal business schemes, chain letters, copyright infringement,
computer hacking, phreaking (using someone’s phone lines
without permission), and software piracy. Also includes text
advocating gambling relating to lotteries, casinos, betting,
numbers games, online sports, or financial betting, including
non-monetary dares.
Militant/extremist
Pictures or text advocating extremely aggressive or combative
behavior or advocacy of unlawful political measures. Topic
includes groups that advocate violence as a means to achieve
their goals. It also includes pages devoted to “how to”
information on the making of weapons (for both lawful and
unlawful reasons), ammunition, and pyrotechnics.
Drug Culture
Pictures or text advocating the illegal use of drugs for
entertainment. This category includes substances that are used
for other than their primary purpose to alter the individual’s
state of mind, such as glue sniffing. This does not include (that
is, if selected these sites would not be blocked under this
category) currently illegal drugs legally prescribed for medicinal
purposes (such as drugs used to treat glaucoma or cancer).